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App of the Week: Finding Vines and Fine Wines

After being snowbound for two weeks, most of the mid-Atlantic could stand to put down the shovels, get out of the house and to have a relaxing glass of wine (or five).

Tasting Rooms

Two of those activities can be handily resolved with a $4.99 iPhone app called Tasting Room— and the good news is you don’t have to be recovering from a blizzard to appreciate it.

As its name implies, Tasting Room will help you find just that: a place to try out wines, presumably local, often on a vineyard’s grounds.

Tap “find a tasting room,” and you have a choice of looking by name, state or “nearest.” Nearest gives you a choice of a search in a 5- to 100-mile radius.

Tap the pin icons to find a tasting room and, you can also get the address and directions. Some users have found the addresses to be off, so you might use the one-touch dialer to call and confirm.

The app has a notepad where you can log your favorite tasting rooms, and another where you can make tasting notes. There is also a primer to educate you on grape varieties, if your palate isn’t doing the job alone.

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